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Hill County sees 52nd COVID death

Hill County has had another COVID-19 related death, bringing the total to 52 in the county.

Hill County Health Department reported the death in its update Tuesday, along with 23 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the county to 147 active cases with six active hospitalizations.

Sept. 21 last year, the county had seen three deaths and had 33 active cases and two active hospitalizations.

The county health department also reported a COVID-19-related death in its report for the weekend issued Monday and also reported a death in its report Friday.

The statewide death toll has risen from 160 Sept. 21, 2020, to 1,914 listed in the state online tracking map update this morning

Numbers continue to rise in the other counties in the area, though Blaine, Chouteau and Liberty counties have not reported any new deaths.

The state tracking map this morning listed Blaine County with four new cases and 36 active, Chouteau with 10 new cases and 14 active and Liberty County with thre new cases and 37 active.

Blaine County has had 24 COVID-19-related deaths, Chouteau County seven and Liberty County one.

The trend of more young people having confirmed cases also continues. In a release issued Tuesday, Montana Department of Health and Human Services reported that out of 20 confirmed cases listed in the report for Hill County, one was age zero to 9, five were 10-19 and two were 20-29.

Of 70 Hill County cases listed in the department’s update Monday, seven were zero to 9, 23 were 10-19 and 11 were 20-29.

Tuesday’s report listed one 10-19 and one 20-29 in the two cases listed for Blaine County, and of the 12 cases listed in Liberty County, three were zero to 9, three were 10-19 and two were 20-29.

Chouteau County’s sole case listed Tuesday was in the 50-59 age range. Monday’s report listed one case in that county in the 10-19 range.

Monday’s report listed one 10-19 and one 20-29 out of nine cases listed for Blaine County, and of the four cases listed for Liberty County, one was zero to 9.

The numbers listed from Havre Public Schools also continues to grow, although the age ranges of the people listed is not given.

Monday the district reported it was notified that day of seven people associated with the district being confirmed with COVID-19 and that it was notified of four others Friday.

Including those cases, the district has issued releases reporting 78 cases confirmed in people associated with the district.

The releases say that if any person associated with the district is at risk of having been exposed, the Hill County Health Department or Havre Public Schools Nurse Jeri Zorn may be in contact with that person to determine a safe and appropriate course of action.

The release said that it is still recommended that any person who feels sick or ill seek out their medical provider for specific instructions.

The school district may be in contact with the health department and reviewing the Centers for Disease Control and prevention guidance to complete cleaning the school and other related facilities.

The other steps taken by the school district include the continuation of social/physical distancing, encouraging face coverings, and frequent hand washing and hand sanitizing, the release said, adding that people can contact Superintendent Craig Mueller for details about these measures.

“School officials will continue to monitor the situation and will provide further information if and when it becomes available,” it said.

 

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